By the time I was about 1/2 way through I was hooked. I didn't realize it would be such an emotional book. I found myself in tears more than once, but the ending was just the right amount of happiness I was hoping for.

Nicola Moriarty lives in Sydney's north-west with her husband and two small daughters. She has a serious literary pedigree as the younger sister of bestselling authors Liane Moriarty and Jaclyn Moriarty. In between various career changes, becoming a mum and while studying teaching at Macquarie University, she began to write. She has now published two novels - Free-Falling and Paper Chains.